The Year Star Wars Came Out…
In 1977, the beginning of a gigantic franchise and cult following began when Star Wars came out. And this was also the same year as the last guillotine execution in France.
Source: Major Ten
While people were sitting in theatres amazed at the sci-fi film, the medieval practice of execution by guillotine was still happening in France. Hamida “Pimp Killer” Djandoubi was executed for the torture and murder of a young woman. But that was the last use of the guillotine in France, and nobody has been executed by guillotine ever since.
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